On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Timothy Rice <t.rice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > As a rolling release, Arch is usually the leader of adopt new technology. > > But now, Arch is falling behind Debian now. So sad. > > Arch Linux is also about simplicity. For me, this is more important > than the rolling-releaseness and bleeding-edgeness. If Arch lags behind > Debian, that is fine by me; some things that Debian does by default I > don't like because of their complexity. Also keep in mind, once upon a > time, Debian was the bleeding edge distro; if Debian wants to reclaim > that title then more power to Debian. > > I like both Debian and Arch, and I say, let's not get too stressed if > Debian > is occasionally more cutting edge. It's all still Linux, and Arch can only > thrive on a little competition of this nature. > Arch is still a simple system that you can still build from the ground up (and in fact the installer has gone 'back to the roots' recently). I don't think this change makes arch any less KISS, IMO.
